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G. SELOWSKY. NEGKTIE PASTENER.

No. 593,438. Patented Nov. 9,1897v WITNESSES llVl/E/VTOH .4 TTOR/VEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAVE SELOWSKY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

NECKTIE-FAISTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 593,438, dated November 9, 1897.

' Application filed March 13, 1897.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAVE SELowsKY, of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Necktie-Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in necktie-fasteners, and has for an object, am0ng others, to provide a simple inexpensive device which can be applied to any neck-strap necktie and can be quickly and accurately adjusted to fit the tie to any size of neck, ranging from the smallest to the largest ordinarily met with in trade; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective- View of a necktie provided with my improvements and adjusted to fit a large neck. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the fastenings ad justed for a small neck. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the attachment, and Fig. 4 shows a somewhat different construction within the broad principle of my invention.

The necktie may be of the bow form shown in Fig. 1 or of the four-in-hand pattern shown in Fig. 2 or of any other desired shape, the invention being applicable to all forms of neckwear having the two straps A and B to be connected at the back of the neck. The strap 13 has the ring or eye I) and the strap A the hook a.

The improved attachment 0 is a connecting device for the ends of the straps AandB and is preferably made as shown in Fig. 3, in which it is shown as provided at one end with a loop 1 to receive the strap A and with a hook 2 at its other end to engage the eye 1). Between the ends 1 and 2 I provide a plurality of holes or openings 3, forming seats for the hook to in the different adjustments of the attachmen ts. I preferably form the connection with a shank 4, next the loop 1, to set the first hole 3 sufficiently far from the loop 1 when the connection is adjusted to position to fit the tie to the largest necks, as shown in Fig. 1. The shank 4 thus spaces the first opening from the loop a distance about equal to the length of the hook of the strap, and by thus spacing the said opening from the loop the points of connection of the device with Serial No. 627,374. (No model.)

so that the strap will curve more gradually and fit the collar more neatly than would be the case if such hole were adjacent to the loop.

In providing the openings 3 it is preferred to make the connection in the form of a 'series of rings united together, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, because thereby I provide in the edge or edges of the connection a series of notches 5, which may fit beneath and engage the collar-button, the notches in such use preventing any sidewise movement of the tie and holding the tie in proper position.

In use it will be seen the connection is applied to the strap A by passing the latter through loop 1 and by catching'the hook a, in the proper opening 3 to cause the tie to fit the neck, the hook 2 being engaged with the eye I) in fastening the tie. In such use the loop 1 secures the connection to strap A and also forms a means of steadying the hook at in engagement with the seats 3 of the connection.

While the particular construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 may be preferred, it is obvious that such construction may be varied, that shown in Fig. 4, in which the connection is formed from a flat plate of metal, being one of many different constructions that may be employed.

By my improved connecting device the ordinary necktie can be quickly and accurately adjusted tofit either a large or asmall neck, and so avoid the straps being too tight on a large neck or too slack on a small one, but of just the right tension on all sizes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with the hook and eye straps of the connecting device having at one end a loop embracing the hook-strap, and at its other end a hook to engage the eye of the eye-strap and provided between its ends with seats for the hook of thehook-strap substantially as shown and described.

GUSTAVE SELOWSKY. Witnesses:

PHILIPP FELDHEKOM, LOUIS S. AOKER. 

